The only true vision comes not from God but from the inmost recesses of the human mind.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.

If we are to fulfill the promise of this great Nation that everybody in our society has equal access to the law, obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

The best thing you can give is God consciousness. Manifest your own divinity first. The truth is there. It's right within us all. Understand what you are.

Docility is the observable half of reason.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.

The universe will start to rearrange itself to make it happen for you.

The climax of absurdity to which art may be carried when led away from nature by fashion, may be best seen in the works of Boucher.

I do not make jokes about Sarah Palin simply because I could not live in this world if I believed she was a real person.

The way we define happiness is the joy you feel striving toward your potential